Fight Assimilation

Assimilation is the merging of many groups into one large group. When one group of people assimilates with another, the minority becomes absorbed into the larger of the two. It is like the smaller group of people loses its identity in the process. A good example is smaller or younger kids. When younger kids want to assimilate into the "cool kids" they join sports or whatever is cool at the time.

The character who assimilates is Walter. He wants to become a part of the group of people who are going to buy the liquor store, but Mama does not want him to.

I believe the play shows this as a weakness. It is shown as a weakness because Walter is succumbing to the people who want to buy the liquor store. Instead of assimilating into that group of people he could go out and pursue a venture he thinks of by himself.

People assimilate by hanging out with the group of people they would like to become. A nerd would like to become a jock so he starts to hang out with him. Although, whether he becomes one is up to them because he cam try as hard as he wants to be like them, but they decide if they want to accept him or not.

Eric Liu is an Asian-American, and white by acclamation. White people call him white and his fellow Asians call him a "banana". This is because he has moved away from his Asian heritage and more towards the American life so he has acheived the status of assimilation into white people in America.

Personal Desires or Family?

Well i can't say which comes before the other, because to me they both go hand in hand. Without the support of my family i would not be able to achieve the goals i have set for myself. Like going to college so i am able to support my family when they get older, because they have cared for me all of my life. I would like to make my dreams a reality so I am able to do the things i want to be able to do. A lot of the things i do in my life i do with the help of my family, without them everything would be much more of a challenge. Not that it's a bad thing in some cases, but in other scenarios your family is a crucial part your challenge. The college i would like to attend is Texas A&M. Everyone in my family pushes me to go to this college. A good amount of my family members either got pregnant at a young age, or in the males' cases got a girl pregnant. I see the struggle they go through, and neither them nor myself want that kind of life for me. I believe they want me to succeed more than i do myself, but i am going to go to Texas A&M because i want to repay all the kindness they have shown me, but much more. When I do succeed in reaching my goals, i will have no problem whatsoever in providing my family with whatever they want, because i appreciate all the kind things they do for me. So,  overall i guess family is more important than personal desire.

The American Dream

The American Dream. The American Dream to me is living life with no worries. Basically, having enough money to not have middle class problems. Well my idea of having no worries would have to be have some big baller money. You would have to be on that Bill Gates status,  well not really professional sports money that would be sufficient. Then again this is from MY perspective. To an immigrant or someone that is living in a country where they are oppressed, the American Dream could be just immigrating to the United States. They might have the same level of ambition, if not higher than i do. You don't know unless you do a little research. That research could be interviewing someone who has a visa for our country, or someone who is here illegally, but working on getting a visa. That is my idea of the American Dream.

First blooooooooog

What's up y'all? My name is Josiah Flores, and i go to Southwest High School, obviously. I don't know what to write about because this is new to me, i have never blogged before in my life. I'm not bout that life, feel me? This website seems pretty cool though, so i guess i will make an effort to at least try it. Anyways, i am sixteen and have some siblings that annoy me constantly. My favorite subject is probably anatomy and physiology, because it's a fun class. If your not Ms.Perry and you're reading this, you should look into joining that class, you will have a lot of fun I promise.

I used to play football for our school, but got out because I still am scared that one day I am going to get injured to badly, and won't be able to play sports at all. No, that does not make me a chicken or coward, that makes me cautious. Anyways, that is all for today so later!